Device for securing loose material in bulk.



H. H. HOLSCHER.

, DEVICE FOR SECURING LOOSE MATERIAL IN BULK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I8. 19H.

1,220,226. Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

HERMAN H. HOLSCHER, 0F \VECOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

DEVICE FOR SECURING LOOSE MATERIAL IN BULK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

Application filed March 1 8, 1914. Serial No. 825,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HERMAN H. HoLsormR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vecota, in the county of Faulk, State of South Dakota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for SecuringLoose Material in Bulk; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the$211118- This invention relates to devices for securing loose materialin bulk and is particularly adapted for securing letters in packages forshipment in the mails.

- The object of the invention resides in the provision ofa device ofthis character which will enable letters and the like to be quicklysecured in packages for shipment through the mail without the necessityof tying same together and obviating the delay incident to such tying.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thedetails ofconstruction and in the arrangementand combination of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the carrier of the device;

Fig. 2, a perspective view of the carrier showing a plurality of letterssecured in bulk thereby.

Referring to the drawings the carrier of the device is shown ascomprising a body portion 10 in the form of a rectangular plate andhaving transverse rods 11 and 12 secured to respective ends thereof inany suitable manner, the ends of said rods projecting beyond the sideedges of the body portion 10. The carrier further embodies a clampingelement A including a bar 13 disposed transversely of the body 10-and aplurality of arms 14 secured to said bar and running longitudinally ofthe body. The ends of the bar 13 are connected to corresponding ends ofthe rod 12 by means. of springs 15 and to.

corresponding ends of the rod 11 by means of springs 16, said springs 15and 16 constantly tending to hold the clamping element A disposedagainst the body 10.

In the use of the device the carrier is engaged in a loading or packingdevice which forms no part of this invention, so that the element A iselevated above the base plate orbody 10, and the material inserted insuitable quantity. When the desired quantity 1. A device for holdingloose material comprising in combination, a body portion comprising abase plate and transverse bars extending across and beyond the ends ofthe base plate, a transverse movable bar, retaining arms carried by themovable bar, and springs connecting the extremities of thetransverse'end bars and the movable bar.

2. A device for holding loose material comprising in combination, a baseplate, transverse elements extended beyond the side of thebase plate atits corners, a transverse bar, longitudinal parallel arms supported bysaid transverse bar, and springs connecting the extremities of thetransverse bar with said transverse elements beyond the sides of thebase plate.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HERMAN H. HOLSCHER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM ALTwIsE, ELMER I. LEVANG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

